Rare Four-Gallon KELIN (Beaver, Pennsylvania) Stoneware Jar, c1855

Fall 2026 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 452

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Rare Four-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "KELIN," Beaver, PA origin, circa 1855, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, brush-decorated with a leafy stem bearing three fuchsia blossoms, applied over a slip-coated surface. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Impressed at shoulder with Charles Kelin maker's mark and a four-gallon capacity mark within a curved, serrated border. In our experience, this mark is rarer than the subsequent "KELIN & HARBAUGH" partnership stamp. Some typical minor in-the-firing surface flaws. Traces of whitish residue to reverse. Some light surface wear to jar's proper left side. A small chip to interior of rim. H 14 3/4".



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